Liberty man accused of cashing forged checks

LIBERTY – A Liberty man is accused of cashing a series of stolen checks between November and December 2013, state police in Liberty said.

Joseph Arias, 25, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with cashing four checks stolen from a Grahamsville residence at a bank in the Village of Liberty.

He was charged with second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument, a felony, and petit larceny, a misdemeanor. He was arraigned in Village of Liberty Court and sent to Sullivan County Jail on $10,000 bail.

Leonard Sparks

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